The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-07
Maine Matters.


Quebec Air Line Railroad, to he built from
skowhegan to Moose River. following the
| heEncbcc on the east side through Madison,
Solon. Bingham ami Moscow to Moose River
village. there connecting with the Canadian
Pacific. At this point the Quebec Central will
build down to connect, making a transconti-
| mental junction of three immense railroad and
river systems in the very heart of the cnor-
nous lumber region of the st. John, Pcnobscot
and Kcnnebcc rivers. Mr.. Stewart reports
this Il practicable and desirable route. This
road when completed will be operated bv the
| Maine Central. and will become Il part of the
system of the Eo>ton 4 Maine Railroad The
distance from Boston and Portland to Quebec
is estimated at 10 hours shorter than at present.
These facilities for summer travel from New
| England to Moosehead Lake, Quebec. Montreal,
Saguenay and the st. Lawrence River will
develop unprecedented routes for tourists.
MAINE MEN BANKING IL KANSAS
w. O. Fuller. Jr.. and c. F.. Simmons, of
RockIand, left Monday for Kansas Mr.. Fuller
was formerly of Rockland but is now cashier
| and one of the directors of the Linn County
Bank, LaCygne. Kansas. Mr.. Simmons accom-
lahics him to Kansas and will be assistant cash
ier Of the Bank of Plcasantom. Kansas. lie has
| for some years held responsible position i'm
the oakland National Bank. The new bank
has ii paid up capital of $4,000. Wcnda =.
Rice. formerly of Thomaston, this State, is
| President and W. o. Fuller, Jr., Nicc-Presi-
dent. \ portion of the bank, stock is held by
Rocklan'l capitalists. Considerable Knox coul-
ty money is invested in Kansas. A new COM
| pany styled the Mon Investment Company has
just been incorporated there through tie ef-
| forts Of Mr.. Rice. lie hcin. at the head. Among
| the Stockholders of the new company are Gov.
| B"dwcll. cX-(;ov. Conner. +. +. Richards of
Rork kport. a. +. Crockett. John :. Berry. John
T. Berry. &. T.. Littrlield. Berry Bros. and
others of Rocklind.
| HARTIAND ENTERPRISES.
\. Linn, lIartland. is running his mills on
! full time and turning ont large product. His
WOODEN mill has been running entirely on
shawl>. but this season Mr.. Linn proposes to
also manufacture fine slrcSs-goOts. exclusively |
| from Australian wool. These goods, As is the |
case with the >hawl>, will be Shipped mostly to
NeW York; although quite quantity of both
VIII he sold IN Maine. The ,haw> manufacture
ed by this mill are of popular styles and have Il
| high reputation, comparing favorahly with the
>hiWl> made in Scotland. Mr.. Linn is about to
build block in !Iartianl village. on line with
| the poStolrc, - feet front by 81 deep, three |
stories with flat roof. The new building will
contain his business office, and the remainder
will he fitted into offices and trncmrnts for |
| rent.
| TIE UNION DEPOT Ar PORTLAND.
| Ihc new union depot at Portland will he an |
| elaborate affair. Of most imposing exterior. |
The cditicc will he erected at the west end at |
| the west of the present location of the Maine |
| Central tracks on the south side of Congress |
| street ut lis junction with st. John street. The |
| station will occupy eight acres of ground. 1t |
Will De two >toried. with length of $40 feet |
and width of 30 feet. The iron train she'd |
| connected with the station will be 800 feet long |
and Sc feet wide. The station will contain |
beautifully-arrange waiting rooms. restaurant
| and all the features that mark the finest sta
| ti"ns now in existence either in this or any |
| other country.
The METHODIST CONFERENCE.
The Name Annual Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church will hold its session this
| year III Natcr\illc. commencing Thursday |
| morning, April 18th. This will he the first time |
| the conference ha> ever orasScmhlcd in Wateryic |
| and it will be quite an event. Besides Bishop |
| Walden. who is to preside over the conference,
! pr. j. llurlbut of New York. who is con-
hcrted with the sunday School and {. l.. ). c.
| work. Chaplain Mct abe. general secretary of
| the Missionary Society OF the Methodist church,
ana quite Il number of The representative men
OF the church from different States are expect
ed to lac present.
THE CONTEST OVER GOV. CoElEN'> WILL.
The executors of the Will Of the late Ahncr
fohurn have brought u biIl i'll equity in the
supreme judicial court to determine the q,lcS-
llon> that have arisen involving their right to
pay certain beIuc>t> to the Maine Insane Hos
pla. state College. Colby University. Way
land Seminary. Bloomfield Academy and the
town Of SkoW h"-an, and s'ihpn'na> have been
issued to the interested parties. the return day
state have thirty and others have sixty days
| within which to file demurrer, plea or answer.
Due 10 DEEP SNOW.
Terrible reports come from IN river regard
iii" the suffering cajI>cd by the deep SHOWS,
says the Bangor Commercial. 4 communic;,-
ton from Iloulton received last week mentions
sixty horses which Were far in the woods
maj Iood could not be sent to them. Twenty
have been killed and the other forty are 80
miles from supplies and will also be shot. 1t is
hard ease and will be heavy loss to the um-
'mrinrn who OWL the animals. 1t j. said that
some operators ON Pcnob>cot waters are III a
similar condition as regards lack of supplies.
IN GENERAL.
The fornightly payment law will take effect
May LIST. and the tcll-hour law july i>t.
Work has been begun on the streets of Bath
by the Water Works syndicate.
Mrs. Mary Osborne, the oldest woman in
Portland, die! March 2li4 aged 100 years, 8
months.
The Eastern State Fair viii be held nj BAN
gor, August 30 and 81 and September /. . and
Senator and Mr.. Frye OF Lewiston and Mr..
&. C. Moses and wife Of Bath arrived safely in
Liverpool March a-ih
\ fishing firm at ,oothlav has secured sixty
three men il. Nova Scotia to man its vessels.
Charles +. Page. formerly of Go. {. 10Th
Maine Eeg't. Is Commander ofJa>. Mason Post
log, OF De Soto. Wisconsin.
|
season to replace the across he Scl,a>ticook
cast of l'ittsiicltl.
Three ships and IL barqnes are expected at
Portland to load l0,ooo, 900 feet of lumber for
South American ports.
Rev :. +. llcrrick. ID. d.. of Boston, will
deliver the annual address before the Bangor
Theological seminary Rhetorical Society, at lhc
anniversary which occurs in June.
i'itt>lied votei Monday to exempt from tax
alton for ten years the property of any manu-
a V.ti tf |
900 OF more that may locate there.
woman in Mercer sued the town for $1,000
damages on account of an accident, claimed to
be caused by defect in the road. She finally
decided to make liberal discount for cash and |
settled for 800
Bowdon College has just received from ID.
". fe>sehdcn. executor of the will Of the late
Judge BarroWs, $1,000 to found two or more
more scholarships"
James Wagner, well known citizen of Wall |
doboro. about sixty years of age. cut his throat
with razor, March 2tth probably fatally. The
los of his wife is supposed 10 have been the
cause.
William Anderson of Trenton. attached to
the United states steamer Lancaster. was KILL
ed by the falling of mast in the harhor of
Maldonado. Uruguay, during the sunset cyoltl-
ton on the 21th OF January last.
Mr.. George l.. Rich, son of Rev. J. A. l..
Rich formerly of Orono, and who was Il mcnl-
bcrof the class of 's3 at the Maine State College.
IS NOW on tilc editorial stan OF the Boston ADJ
Ncrt>cr and meeting with fine success.
The RocklaEd Opinion alleges that Francis
i. 0uinlan. Brooklyn evangelist, who has Just
ina.,gurated war against liquor dealers in
Dover, n. H.. some time ago began Il crusade
of the same sort in Rorkland but was induced
by the saloon men to leave by the payment of
So his board bill and Il ticket to Boston,
\ gentleman of Portland who recently asked
of President Cleveland the pen with which he
signed the Retaliation bill, has been informed
by Secretary Lamont that his request cannot
be granted, as the pens in the half dozen hold
crs on the Presidents desk are constantly
changed, and no note was made of the one re-
ferlc TO.
by 4 decision OF the Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court. Mary J. Eaton has recovered
judgments against the Pacific National Bank
for $1,000. On the first Of October, 1851. the
plaintiff. who was the owiiCr of forty shares of
the capital stock of the bond, paid in 81, 900 as
subscription to the new stock which has been
authorized 10 the amount Of sos, 900.
The Augusta Age has 4 sketch of Randall j.
Condor, The Youngest member of the Maine leg
iSlature. whom the town OF Friendship sent to
the house as soon rs lie graduated from Colby,
III the aye of2f. Mr.. Condon's family are poor.
but scrapc'i together $50 to start him i'm il tit
ting school. and he worked his way through
college. lie served before the mast on a fish